Ex-rebels to get assistance

From the Visyan Daily Star (Jun 3, 2019): Ex-rebels to get assistance

Six former rebels who surrendered to the 62nd Infantry Battalion will receive P50,000 each l in livelihood assistance today from the Department of Interior and Local Government at the Provincial Capitol in Bacolod City.

1Lt. Revekka Roperos, 303rd Infantry Brigade Civil Military Operations officer, saidyesterday that the six former rebels underwent the Project Identification Workshop initiated by the Provincial Social Welfare and Development Office, before the availment of the P50,000 livelihood.

The assistance is part of the DILG Enhanced Comprehensive Local Integration Program (E-CLIP), where a recipientis initially awarded with Reintegration Assistance.

The six livelihood assistance recipients were among the 11 communist rebels who surrendered to the Philippine Army in Negros Occidental, who also received P21,000 each in financial assistance from the E-CLIP program of DILG.

On top of that, former rebels who surrender firearms will also receive renumeration, depending on the guns surrendered.

The DILG is encouraging local chief executives to support the entry into mainstream society of former communist rebels through E-CLIP of the interagency Task Force Balik-Loob.

http://www.visayandailystar.com/2019/June/03/topstory10.htm